The Atromitos Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Olympiacos come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Atromitos did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kelvin Ofori signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kelvin Ofori and Atromitos agree another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Atromitos rebuffed over Jerónimo Domina
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Cádiz have kept their man, and Atromitos go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Vasileios Galanopoulos joins the Atromitos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vasileios Galanopoulos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eleftherios Retsos steps up from the Atromitos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eleftherios Retsos has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Atromitos promote Christos Mandalos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christos Mandalos has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thanasis Karamanis in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atromitos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Atromitos try to borrow Max Dean
KAA Gent have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Kelvin Ofori knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Atromitos, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Sebastián Parera behind
- Squad Dani García walks taller at Atromitos